Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-49159-2 (ISBN)
This interdisciplinary guide offers background, research findings, and practical strategies for assessing and improving air quality in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Positing good air quality as critical to patient and staff well-being, it identifies disease-carrying microbes, pollutants, and other airborne toxins and their health risks, and provides localized interventions for reducing transmission of pathogens. Effective large-scale approaches to air quality control are also outlined, from green building materials to hygienic HVAC and air treatment practices. Its thoroughness of coverage makes this book a vital resource for professionals involved in every aspect of health service facilities, from planning and construction to maintenance and management.
Among the topics covered:- Existing guidelines in indoor air quality: the case study of hospital environments
- Hospital environments and epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections
- Analysis of microorganisms in hospital environments and potential risks
- Legionella indoor air contamination in healthcare environments
- HVAC system design in healthcare facilities and control of aerosol contaminants
- Assessment of indoor air quality in inpatient wards
Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities imparts up-to-date expertise to a variety of professional readers, including hospitals' technical and management departments, healthcare facilities' chief medical officers, hospital planners, sport and thermal building designers, public health departments, and students of universities and schools of hygiene.
Stefano Capolongo, PhD, is an architect with a PhD in Public Health. He is associate professor at Politecnico di Milano and professor at the School of Specialization of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at University of Milan and University of Parma. Prof. Arch. Capolongo is author of more than 200 scientific publications, and conducts research and scientific collaboration in the design for themes like building hygiene, environmental sustainability, and social-health architecture.Gaetano Settimo, PhD, is researcher at Istituto Superiore di Sanità in the Department of the Environment and Primary Prevention in Rome, Italy.Marco Gola is an architect and PhD candidate at Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy. He specializes in architecture for sustainability, hospital planning, and construction.
Foreword: Improving the Hospital's Indoor Air Quality.- Indoor Air Quality in Healing Environments: Impacts of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Environmental Factors on Users.- Existing Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: The Case Study of Hospital Environments.- Applications of IAQ Monitoring in International Healthcare Systems.- Hospital Environments and Epidemiology of Healthcare-Associated Infections.- Analysis of Microorganisms in Hospital Environments and Potential Risks.- Legionella Indoor Air Contamination in Healthcare Environments.- Environmentally Friendly and Low-Emissivity Construction Materials and Furniture.- HVAC System Design in Healthcare Facilities and Control of Aerosol Contaminants: Issues, Tools, and Experiments.- HVAC Management in Health Facilities.- Assessment of Indoor Air Quality in Inpatient Wards.- Perspectives of Air Quality Control in Healthcare Facilities: Conclusions.- Index
"This book joins other entries in the SpringerBriefs in Public Health, compact volumes that provide state-of-the-art reports. ... A short communication that accurately advises decision-makers about air quality in healthcare facilities is urgently needed and this book does just that." (J. Thomas Pierce, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2017)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.12.2016 |
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| Reihe/Serie | SpringerBriefs in Public Health |
| Zusatzinfo | XVII, 132 p. 10 illus., 8 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Schlagworte | air pollution and air quality • air pollution exposure • air pollution in confined environments • Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pol • engineering plants for air quality in hospitals • Environmental Health • Environmental medicine • exposure to pollutants • healing architecture • health promotion and disease prevention • healthy construction materials • healthy design • hospital environments and nosocomial infections • hospital quality improvement strategies • hygiene management • indoor air quality (IAQ) • indoor air quality in healthcare facilities • indoor air quality in healthcare settings • indoor air quality in hospitals • indoor air quality in inpatient wards • Medical administration and management • Medicine • Medicine: general issues • microorganisms in hospital environments • multidisciplinary approach in health care • Pollution and threats to the environment • Practice and Hospital Management • Public health and preventive medicine • quality of life |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-49159-8 / 3319491598 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-49159-2 / 9783319491592 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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